Articles by 0 January, 2021

The Ministry of Health announced today (Tuesday) that starting tomorrow, HMO insured persons aged 50 and over will be able to be vaccinated against the corona virus. The ministry said that the health funds should be contacted to schedule an appointment for the vaccine. Lowering the age of those allowed to be vaccinated comes at the same time as the teaching staff vaccination campaign that began today. 39,678 people were vaccinated against the virus yesterday, and so far 1.9 million Israelis have been vaccinated. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 73% of citizens over the age of 60...

The consumer price index fell 0.1% in December; For the whole of 2020, the index fell by 0.7%, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. In 2019, the inflation rate was 0.6%. The CBS also published a change in housing prices (news and second hand - data that are not part of the consumer price index): housing prices rose by 1% in October-November, compared with September-October - thus completing an increase of 3.2% compared to the same period (October -November 2019). Significant price decreases were recorded in the fresh vegetables and fruits sections (2.9%) and education services...

The Ministry of Communications imposes a high fine on Hot after it thwarted the wholesale market reform. The ministry imposed an unusual fine of NIS 6 million on the cable company. The fine was imposed after the Ministry of Communications, according to the Ministry of Communications, prevented the implementation of the reform for about a year, and made it difficult for Internet providers without infrastructure to lease infrastructure segments and market them to consumers. The wholesale market reform required Bezeq and Hot to allow competitors to ride on their infrastructure. The reform...

Israel is at the forefront of enforcing restrictions as part of the fight against the corona virus. This is according to data collected by the Israel Police from its partners around the world. For comparison, 30,000 reports have been distributed in the UK so far, compared to 522,000 reports distributed in Israel. This emerges from data presented by the Israel Police. In recent months, the Israel Police has been holding online meetings with police around the world in order to learn about their challenges there, and try to find solutions to local challenges. Among other things, the police...

The tightened closure will last longer than planned: On Tuesday evening, the government approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to extend the tightened closure by 10 days. Thus, the severe restrictions that were supposed to expire after two weeks this coming Thursday - will last until Sunday 31 January at midnight. At the same time, it was decided that a negative corona test would apply 72 hours before departure from abroad to Israel. The tight closure was supposed to end on Thursday this week, but the morbidity data led to its extension. , Yesterday a record of more than...

The district court today (Wednesday) rejected the appeal filed by Twitter against a decision given in September in the Magistrate's Court - in which it was determined that Linoy Bar-Geffen could file a defamation lawsuit against the company in Israel. The lawsuit, for NIS 300,000, was filed by Bar Geffen in 2019 against Twitter (+ 3.89% 47.72) - after she asked her twice to remove an abusive and blatant tweet posted against her and her partner - and was denied. Only after contacting lawyer Guy Ophir and he turned to Twitter, the tweet was removed. According to Bar Geffen, her inquiries...

There was a significant increase in the corona 2020 in the government debt of Israel and in the public debt, which includes the debts of local authorities. Taking out large-scale loans for government spending to fight the virus and aid the economy, caused for the first time in 11 years a significant increase in debt and this increase is expected to continue in 2021. However, it must be said honestly. A debt of 73% is a very impressive rate. We are very far from a real economic crisis. Even if it grows to 80% this year, we are very far from a real economic crisis

The public has suffered in 2020 the most severe damage to its economic situation in the last twenty years. According to the report, the decline in living standards in Israel in 2020 was the largest recorded in the country since the Great Recession in 2001. Households from the middle-class deciles suffered the most economic damage while families from the highest decile suffered less income. Thus, incomes Of households in the fifth and sixth deciles decreased in 2020 by about 5% compared to 2019, in the seventh decile income decreased by 4.3%, and in the eighth decile by 4%. In the ninth...

The Rebbe of Viznitz, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar, instructed his followers to open all the educational institutions of the court starting tomorrow, and also called on other rabbis to act like him and order their communities to do so. Hagar heads the third largest Chassidut in Israel, is a member of the Torah Party Torah and has a representative in the Knesset (MK Yaakov Tessler). This is the first crack in the official position of the mainstream leaders in the ultra-Orthodox community, who have so far called on the public (at least publicly) to maintain the closure guidelines. The Rebbe of...

On Sunday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Israel Katz presented an election bribe that the Attorney General opposes. This is a new economic plan. The plan has not been coordinated with the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Justice, and is expected to face legal opposition in light of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's position against the launch of economic plans during the election period, which was sent to the Minister of Finance last week